Nanotechnology
January 2019
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are about understanding and exploiting materials at the atomic and molecular level. Materials at the nanoscale have been shown to have markedly different properties to those at the macroscale, which means that nanomaterials offer exciting new benefits to many applications including food.
IFST SE Region Visit To Reading University’s Climate Change Facilities And The International Cocoa Quarantine Centre (ICQC)
Reading University Agricultural Department has been undertaking research on cocoa since the 80’s, and has established itself as a leading research centre on cocoa. It cooperates with other international/national cocoa research institutes mainly in the cocoa growing countries. It also has trained many overseas Ph.D. students.